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                          WEEKLY REVIEW


March 7, 2003

In this Issue
 - AT THE TOP
   ^ Iraq
   ^ Medicare Reform
 - PRESIDENTIAL & ADMINISTRATION NEWS
   ^1 Moscow Treaty
   ^2 Senate Filibuster
   ^3 Powell U.N. Remarks
   ^4 Rumsfeld Town Meeting

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   Iraq
   PRESIDENT HOLDS NATIONAL PRESS CONFERENCE IN THE EAST ROOM

   President Bush held a press conference in the East Room of
   the White House Thursday night.  Before taking questions
   from reporters, the President made remarks regarding the war
   on terror.  He said that this has been an important week on
   two fronts in the war on terror: we captured the mastermind
   of the September 11th attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and
   we have arrived at an important moment in confronting the
   threat posed by Saddam Hussein and his weapons of terror.
   Iraq's dictator has made a public show of destroying a few
   missiles.  Yet our intelligence shows that even as he is
   destroying these, he has ordered the continued production of
   the very same type of missiles.  If the Iraqi regime were
   disarming, we would know it because we would see it.  Token
   gestures are not acceptable.  The only acceptable outcome is
   the one already defined by a unanimous vote of the Security
   Council: total disarmament.  Across the world and in every
   part of America, people of good will are hoping and praying
   for peace.  Our goal is peace -- for our Nation, for our
   friends and allies, and for the people of the Middle East.
   The cause of peace will be advanced only when the terrorists
   lose a wealthy patron and protector when Saddam Hussein is
   fully and finally disarmed.

   President's Press Conference:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html

   Column - Why We Know Iraq is Lying:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030123-1.html

   Fact Sheet - What Disarmament Looks Like:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/disarmament/index.html

   Report - Saddam's Apparatus of Lies:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/iraq/index.html


   Medicare Reform
   21ST CENTURY MEDICARE - MORE CHOICES, BETTER BENEFITS

   On Tuesday President Bush announced a framework to modernize
   and improve Medicare.  Under the President's, seniors could
   choose one of three options: 1) seniors happy with the
   system now could stay in that system, plus get help with
   high prescription drug costs; 2) seniors who want more
   coverage could choose a fee-for-service Medicare plan
   similar to what Members of Congress enjoy; and 3) seniors
   who want benefits available in managed care plans, including
   prescription drug coverage, could have that choice as well.

   The President will ask Congress to provide immediate help
   while we move to this new system.  He's asking for a
   prescription drug discount card for all seniors, plus a $600
   annual prescription drug benefit for low-income seniors.

   Both political parties have talked about prescription drug
   benefits for years.  Seniors have waited long enough.  The
   time for action is now.

   Fact Sheet:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030304-1.html

   President's Remarks:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030304-5.html

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^1 Moscow Treaty
   PRESIDENT BUSH COMMENDS SENATE FOR ACTION ON MOSCOW TREATY

   President Bush Friday said the Moscow Treaty will reduce the
   nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia to their
   lowest levels in decades.

   President's Statement:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030307-1.html


^2 Senate Filibuster
   PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS SENATE FILIBUSTER DECISION A "DISGRACE"

   President Bush Thursday said, "The decision today by 44
   Senators to continue to filibuster and block a vote on this
   nomination is a disgrace."

   Policy in Focus - Judicial Nominations:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/judicialnominees/


^3 Powell U.N. Remarks
   SECRETARY POWELL'S REMARKS AT U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

   Secretary Colin Powell told the U.N. Security Council Friday
   that Iraq is "once again moving down the path to weapons of
   mass destruction."

   Secretary Powell's Remarks:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-10.html


^4 Rumsfeld Town Meeting
   PENTAGON TOWN HALL MEETING WITH SECRETARY RUMSFELD

   Secretary Rumsfeld and senior defense officials held a town
   hall meeting at the Pentagon Thursday morning.

   Secretary Rumsfeld's Remarks:
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-9.html

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